Microsoft says open to more Linux-type deals

Submitted by Ty on November 9, 2006 - 11:00am

Microsoft Corp. is open to more deals like one it just agreed with Novell for open-source Linux software, but believes customers will continue to pay for software, its chief executive told an Indian newspaper.

"We will love to put that kind of agreement in place with anyone who distributes Linux software, Red Hat, whoever else," Steve Ballmer told India's Economic Times in an interview published on Thursday.